Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8433, Joel Esterbrook, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Esterbrook Joel
S 8433
carded
CONTENTS

10663. New Hampshire Joel Fosterbrook
Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Pirate in the company comman- d Captain ————— of the reg t comman- d Col Bridge in the State line for 15 (Maj.)
★ Mass. Line. Oct. 11, 1904 Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of .50 Dollars — Cents per annu- to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Sept r 1833 and sent claimant Chester New Hampshire Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $100~ Pemi-anl. allowance ending 21 Febr " 25~
$125
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book R Vol. 1. Page 83.

State of New Hampshire } Rockingham County } ss.
On this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared at Chester in said County of Rockingham before William M. Richardson Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for said State of New Hampshire Joel Estabrook a resident of the town of Chester in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty-four years in March last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he the said Joel Estabrook marched from Dunstable in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts on the nineteenth day of April 1775 and arrived at Cambridge in said Massachusetts the next day, having passed through Concord and Lexington and then enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Bancroft for the term of eight months. Lieutnant Holden and Ensign Samuel Brown were the subaltern officers in said Company, which company then belonged to Colonel Bridge's Mass. Regiment, that he served as a private soldier in said company and Regiment until the first day of January 1776 and was then discharged at said Cambridge. He further declares that he marched from said Dunstable in the summer of 1776 to Ticonderoga in the State of New York having enlisted into the company commanded by Captain John Ford and Colonel Jonathan Reid's Regiment being the 23 d Regiment of foot and served five months in said company and Regiment and was discharged at Fort Ann in December 1776 or the first of January 1777. - He further declares that he enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Barnes and the Regiment commanded by Colonel Whitney for the term of three months in the summer of 1778 and marched to Rhode Island and was stationed at East Greenwich part of the time and at South Kingston and remained over two months under said enlistment serving as a private soldier in said company and Regiment at Rhode Island and was discharged at South Kingston. He further declares that he was a resident of Dunstable in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts when he entered the service of the United Colonies at the three several times above named and

that he was in Bunkerhill battle - he further declares that General Sullivan was commander in chief of the Army when he served at Rhode Island and the French fleet was in the harbor while he was there as a soldier. he further declares that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no evidence he can procure but the annexed depositions of Jonas French, William French and Jonathan Woodward
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joel Estabrooks
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Wm. M. Richardson
We Joseph Brown and Samuel Aiken both residing in the town of Chester in said County of Rockingham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joel Estabrooks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty four years old last March, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Joseph Brown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Aiken
before me - - - Wm M. Richardson
I William M. Richardson chief justice as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states; & I further state that Joseph Brown and Samuel Aiken above named are known to me; that they reside in the town of Chester, that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit and the said Applicant is inasmuch as his age & infirmities unable to attend court. to the War Department
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand

and caused the seal of the said court to be affixed
Wm M. Richardson
By order of the Chief Justice P. P. French Clerk
I, Benjamin P. French a Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that William M. Rich- ardson is Chief Justice of said Court, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832
P. P. French

I Jonathan Woodward of Tyngsborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Ninety two years do testify and say that I served in the Revolutionary War and received a Sergeant's warrant on the twentieth day of November A.D. 1776 at Ficonderoga in the Company commanded by Capt John Ford in Col Jonathan Reeds Regiment being the 23 d Regiment of Foot - and served in said company certainly I think not less than five months - That I well knew Joel Eastabrooks formerly of Dunstable Me and I do testify and say that he served in the same company with me as a soldier - That I find his name on an old memorandum book which I kept at the time - and that I have not the least doubt and do verily believe that he served in said company with me as long as I did viz not less than five months
Jonathan Woodward
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Middlesex County ss. }
Be it remembered that on this eleventh day of August A.D. 1832 the above named Jonathan Woodward appeared before me Daniel Richardson a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex and made oath, that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - and I do certify that the said Woodward is well known to me and has been for many years and that he sustains a good character and is a credible witness.
Daniel Richardson Justice of the Peace

I William French of Dunstable in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty years do testify and say, that in the year 1775 I was a minute man so called and on hearing that the British troops had come out of Boston and were marching in a direction towards Concord I left home on the nineteenth day of April then residing in Dunstable aforesaid, in said year and proceeded to said Concord, and the British troops having left Concord on their return and went on to Lexington the same day, staid there over night and the next day viz on April 20 th 1775 proceeded to Cambridge - There I served eight months in the Company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Bancroft - and of which Lieut Holden was Lieutenant and I think Samuel Brown was ensign - and the company belonged to Col Bridge's Regiment - I was discharged on the first day of January AD 1776 having completed the full term of eight months in the Revolutionary Army. I will remember Joel Eastabrooks then of Dunstable Vrs and now of Chester in the State of New Hampshire who was also a minute man - and I do testify and say that he entered said Eight months service at the same time, that I did, served in the same Company with me during said eight months and was discharged when I was viz January 1. 1776 having served the full term of eight months.
William French
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
Be it remembered
That on this eleventh day of August AD 1832 the above named William French appeared before me Daniel Richardson a justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I do hereby certify that the said William French is well known to me and that he is a credible witness
Daniel Richardson Justice of the Peace

Joel Estenbrook
N. H.
Photo 15 Mar
$ 50~
Clamant
Chester
N H

BRIEF in the case of Joel Estabrooks County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 84 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     19 th April In 1775 - 8 Private Col t Bancroft Col t Brimble   1776 - 5 " Col t Ford. Col t Reid   Summer 1778 - 2 " Col t Bangs Col t Whitney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dunstable Massachussetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard D. Clapp Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
678433
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joel Westbrook , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Ebenezer Bancroft Bridge Mass.   Summer 1776 5 mos. John Ford Jonathan Reid   Summer 1778 2 mos. Barnes Whitney  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dunstable Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 1. 1832 His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Chester Rockingham Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, born in March 1748
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
1832 84 1748
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Number S. 8433
Pension record of Joel Esterbrook of Rockingham to New Hampshire.
sent to Mrs. Florence M. Thompson.
1740 R. street N.W.
City.

Re-tran
8433
✓ INVALID.
File No. 8433
Job Esterbrook Prin Rec. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1st , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept 15 Hist. to Mr. F. Thompson.

Joel Eastabrook 1866-8

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Daniel Richardson Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Middlesex,
Levi Lincoln
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this fourth day of October A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.